Packing means for hollow ware



Jan. 3, 1939. C. K. LAVERE 2,142,518

PACKING MEANS FOR HOLLOW WARE- Filed May 13, 1938 Bma'entor (Ittp'rneg s Patented Jan. 3, 1939 UQNFI TEED STATES PATE NT F Fl CE PACKING MEANS FOR HOLLOW WARE Application May 13, 1938, Serial No. 207,761

,6 Claims.

This invention relates to pads or packing devices intended "more particularly for packing in nesting relation a plurality of pieces of hollow ware of similar form but of different dimensions especially when the wareis of frangible material.

An object of the invention is to provide .as an article of manufacture a blank packing device of suitable material and form, the portions of which can be quickly bent to position to engage the articles, and space them from one another, and a box or carton in which they are to be contained, stored or transported.

vAnother object of the invention is to so construct the blank that portions of it can be bent into position to engage and separate or cushion the articles packed either internally or externally, or both and thereby rendered serviceable in packing the articles and protecting them against breakage or abrasion.

A further object is to provide members in the carton or box to cooperate with the pad in bolding the ware in a position spaced from the walls of the carton and aid in maintaining the packed ware in such position.

Other objects will appear from the disclosure herein.

The invention is embodied in the example herein shown and described, the feature of novelty being finally claimed.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a plan view of the pad blank according to the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view showing the packing device in a carton on the line 11-11 Fig, 1 but showing the tongues bent to engage bowls.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the carton containing the packed ware with the top covers of the carton raised.

40 Fig. 4 is a top plan view like that shown in Fig. 3 with the ware and the packing member of Fig. I removed.

Referring first to Fig. l, the blank is formed preferably from a piece of double faced corrugated paper board, or such as required or permitted by the postal authorities or transporting agencies, said piece being shown as of rectangular outline and die cut to form members substantially as shown. The full lines within the boundaries of the blank of the said view Fig. 1 illustrate die cut lines and the broken lines scoring, bending or hinging lines. If the material is a thick piece the latter lines should be depressed in the sheet to facilitate bending.

At the middle of the blank are out four spear shaped tongues 5 of like form and dimensions, the points of which meet at the center of the blank and are bendable on scoring lines 5 The angular tongues 6 between sides of the tongues '5 are not designed to be bent down but i are to be left standing to engage the top of the innermost piece of ware as shown in Fig. 2.

At .the four corners of the blank are cuts to form tongues 8 of dimensions larger than those designated 5, said tongues 8 having bending lines 15 8 well within the body of the sheet; and at each side of the sheet and between the tongues 8 are wedge-shaped extensions 9 the end edges 9 of which are not to be bent and are destined to bear against the walls of the carton (see Fig. 3) near 15 the vertical corners thereof to hold the pad in place, and brace the said Walls and prevent them from collapsing. It will be observed that the edges 9 lie in an imaginary square having truncated corners, said square defining a horizontal 20 cross section of the carton at its interior walls.

If the hollow ware to be packed is of oval or elongated form, as for example, in the case of vegetable dishes, the carton can be of oblong horizontal cross section and the blank pad cut in 25 similar manner accordingly,

ll] designates the carton, it having closing fiaps Ill at the top and bottom that can be sealed with gummed strips (not shown) as usual in other sorts of packages.

Within the carton and seated edgewise on the bottom thereof is a ring H supporting on its upper edge a rectangular septum l2 fitting horizontally in the carton and bracing the walls thereof near its mid section vertically. Said 35 member l2 forms a sort of shelf, and has a central opening of such dimension as to permit the seating of the larger piece of the ware with its bottom spaced above the bottom of the carton. Superposed edgewise on the member I2 is a larger 40 ring l3 having its upper edge substantially coinciding with the rim of the bowl or bowls so as to take pressure of or on the covers and prevent undue depression or dislocation of the bowls or any of them. The rings II and I3 and the supporting member l2 are preferably of the same material as the pad and carton.

In practice, the carton is prepared as shown in Fig. 4 and the tongues 5 are first bent down to 50 engage the outer side of the innermost bowl 16, after this the intermediate bowl I! is next applied to the bowl l6, and after that the largest bowl I8 is applied to the bowl I! on the tongues 8 and finally the thus nested bowls pressed into 55 the central opening of the member I2 all substantially as depicted in Fig. 2.

The material, form, size and number of the parts can be changed without departing from the gist of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

1. As an article of manufacture a blank for a hollow ware packing device including a sheet of suitable material of rectangular form cut to provide interior bendable tongues and exterior bendable corner tongues, and wedge shaped members between the said corner tongues to engage contiguous walls of a carton to receive said ware.

2. As an article of manufacture a blank for a hollow ware packing device including a sheet of suitable material of rectangular form cut to provide interior bendable tongues with tongues not to be bent between them and exterior corner tongues bendable to engage the exterior of a piece of ware in a carton.

3. As an article of manufacture a blank for a hollow ware packing device including a sheet of suitable material of rectangular form cut to provide interior bendable tongues with tongues not to be bent between them, exterior bendable corner tongues, and wedge shaped members between the said corner tongues to engage contiguous walls of a carton to receive said ware.

4. Means for packing nestingly pieces of hollow ware including a carton having a transverse septum perforated to receive the outermost piece of the ware, and means to cushion the several pieces of ware from one another including a rectangular sheet of suitable material provided with interior bendable tongues and exterior bendable tongues, said tongues extended between the pieces of ware, and wedge-shaped means between the exterior tongues to impinge on contiguous walls of the carton near the corners thereof.

5. Means for packing nestingly pieces of hollow ware including a carton having a transverse septum perforated to receive the outermost piece of the ware, and a ring supporting said septum and means to cushion the several pieces of ware from one another including a rectangular sheet of suitable material provided with interior bendable tongues, and exterior bendable tongues extended between the several pieces of ware, and wedge-shaped members between the said exterior tongues to impinge on contiguous walls of the carton near the corners thereof.

6. Means for packing nestingly pieces of hollow ware including a carton having a transverse septum perforated to receive the outermost piece of the ware, and a ring supporting said septum and a cushioning ring supported by said septum between the ware and the wall of the carton, and means to cushion the several pieces of Ware from one another including a rectangular sheet of suitable material provided with interior bendable tongues and exterior bendable tongues extended between the several pieces of ware, and wedge-shaped members between the said exterior tongues to impinge on contiguous walls of the carton near the corners thereof.

CARROLL K. LAVERE. 

